Show LIVELY DAY STOCK f Revival From the Tendency of Lasts PRICES WENT UP I STATES STEEL WAS TEE New York Sept strength and breadth were manifest hi the dealings in stocks today and the mar market ket as a represented clearly a revival front the drooping tendency of the latter part of last week The and activity was not so much in special stocks an recent recently ly and the market had a certain an of quiet for the greater part of the day This was accounted for forby by the fact that the prices represented a large part of the gains and prices of the stocks were practically motionless tr a long time after the opening Leec prominent nent stocks were out mean to bring them up to a level pro proportionate with the leaders There was no alarming news con concerning the crops and prices in the commodity markets down downward ward This was a reassuring influence in the whole list Every day which passes without damage adds material materially ly to the feeling of security over the crops owing to the near approach of the period of maturing of the corn crop The leader of tile in point of activity was United States Steel preferred anti Its strength was of sym sympathetic pathetic advantage to the general list The professed motive for the buying was a convictiOn that the full dividend on the preferred stock for the current qUarter is sure to be disbursed No authority could be cited for this as The independent stocks were in sympathy The news from the trade offered nothing to explain the strength of this group Officials of trunk lines of railroads admitted some disappointment at the apparent halt haltin in the expansion of freight traffic which was attributed to the effect of the crop uncertainties on trade and to the slow rate of revival In the steel trade railroad officials express with the low estimates of the corn crop current In Wall street last week but they also admitted the retarding on business until the crop outlook is nore definitely assured There was still an important influence oft sentiment by the assertions of a accumulation of Atchison in the interest of Union Pacific but more lt ard questionings of the scope of the plan of accumulation The Indications of progress making Jn the working out of the problem of ultimate control antI harmonization of the transcontinental railroad situa situation tion was accepted as important and made that whole group conspicuous market Gross earnings of rail reads for the third week of Septem ere received In quite large num her and were quite generally satisfactory tory to holders of securities Atchi SOil was doubtless helped by the pre circulation of Its favorable annual report as well as by reports of of stock for Pa The profit taking made some Impression on prices In the last half hOur a number of low priced railroad stocks were pushed upward to cover the selling There was no in the rates of interest but sterling exchange was firmer and the price of gold in London was lowered indicating less of a demand for gold goldin in that center Bonds were firm Total stiles par value United States the and the old advanced per cent on call |